The top gainers from NSE included Sun Pharma, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv and HDFC Bank while the top losers included Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharti Infratel and BPCL.

L&T had proposed to buy back up to 6.1 crore shares from shareholders at a price of Rs 1,475 per equity share, aggregating to Rs 9,000 crore. The offer was open to those holding equity shares as on October 15.

The top gainers from NSE included Bharti Infratel, GAIL India, HPCL, Mahindra & Mahindra and Indian Oil Corporation while the top losers included YES Bank, State Bank of India, Zee Entertainment, Hindalco Industries and Eicher Motors.